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7 Books

Every sovereign man should read, says Simon Black.

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3/30/2013

8 Government Crimes

Simon Black on what to expect.

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3/28/2013

The Dow vs. Bananas

A reality check from Simon Black.

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3/11/2013

Singapore Bank to Uncle Sam: u2018Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine…'

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10/24/2012

In Case You Trip Over Your Shoelaces…

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10/19/2012

Let's Talk About Facts, Not Fear

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10/17/2012

Is the IMF Now Recommending Capital Controls…?

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10/12/2012

Why Is the US Government Planning for ‘Mass Fatalities’?

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10/6/2012

One Very Strange Use for Silver Coins

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10/5/2012

This Free Country Should Be on Your Radar…

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8/24/2012

Another Example of Why Central Planning Is a Bad Idea…

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8/11/2012

Why Dost Thou Whet Thy Knife So Earnestly?

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8/10/2012

US Government Proposes Law Making it Illegal for Them to Kill You

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8/9/2012

A Secret Paradise for Gun Rights and Residency

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8/6/2012

Sentiment vs. Reality on the Economic Future

Simon Black: Archives Past articles by Simon Black on LewRockwell.com There's a total and dangerous disconnect, says Simon Black. It's Ramping Up The government plan to steal even more of your money. Brainwashing Starts With This Two-Letter Word How often do you use it? Uncle Spy Admits It Monitoring you for these 377 words. Have Any Faith in Government To Do the Right Thing? If so, you must be living on the Planet Zucchini. In Case You Really Have To Flee the Authorities Simon Black on the greatness of Brazil. The Rise of the Tax-Collector State Now the greedy feds are copying ancient Rome, says Simon Black. Go East, Young Man Simon Black on the rise of Asia. Thinking of Expatriating? Move to a small country, says Simon Black. The smaller the better. 5 Things You Need To Know Before filing your serf-taxes this time. A Disease Masquerading as Its Own Cure Simon Black reveals the real nature of government. A Dollar Mutiny Has Broken Out In the global currency wars. Desperate Predator Th

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6/21/2012

It’s Ramping Up

The government plan to steal even more of your money.

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6/14/2012

Brainwashing Starts With This Two-Letter Word

How often do you use it?

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6/7/2012

Uncle Spy Admits It

Monitoring you for these 377 words.

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6/2/2012

Have Any Faith in Government To Do the Right Thing?

If so, you must be living on the Planet Zucchini.

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5/22/2012

In Case You Really Have To Flee the Authorities

Simon Black on the greatness of Brazil.

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5/11/2012

Go East, Young Man

Simon Black on the rise of Asia.

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4/19/2012

The Rise of the Tax-Collector State

Now the greedy feds are copying ancient Rome, says Simon Black.

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4/18/2012

Thinking of Expatriating?

Move to a small country, says Simon Black. The smaller the better.

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4/6/2012

5 Things You Need To Know

Before filing your serf-taxes this time.

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3/23/2012

A Disease Masquerading as Its Own Cure

Simon Black reveals the real nature of government.

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3/20/2012

A Dollar Mutiny Has Broken Out

In the global currency wars.

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3/10/2012

Desperate Predator

The British government loots flea markets.

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3/5/2012

The Empire Has Killed All Bank Privacy

Simon Black on the one alternative left.

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2/29/2012

Your ‘Get Out of Jail’ Card

Simon Black: Archives Past articles by Simon Black on LewRockwell.com There's a total and dangerous disconnect, says Simon Black. It's Ramping Up The government plan to steal even more of your money. Brainwashing Starts With This Two-Letter Word How often do you use it? Uncle Spy Admits It Monitoring you for these 377 words. Have Any Faith in Government To Do the Right Thing? If so, you must be living on the Planet Zucchini. In Case You Really Have To Flee the Authorities Simon Black on the greatness of Brazil. The Rise of the Tax-Collector State Now the greedy feds are copying ancient Rome, says Simon Black. Go East, Young Man Simon Black on the rise of Asia. Thinking of Expatriating? Move to a small country, says Simon Black. The smaller the better. 5 Things You Need To Know Before filing your serf-taxes this time. A Disease Masquerading as Its Own Cure Simon Black reveals the real nature of government. A Dollar Mutiny Has Broken Out In the global currency wars. Desperate Predator Th

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2/28/2012

Our ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’

Simon Black on Hayek's warning and what we face.

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2/14/2012

Introducing the Government’s Newest Unpaid Spy

You, says Simon Black.

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2/13/2012

Google Changes Its Privacy Policy

Another reminder to use offshore email, says Simon Black.

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2/3/2012

Monsters vs. Megaupload

Just another reminder that democracy is an illusion, says Simon Black.

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1/24/2012

308,127,404 Americans Are Going To Get Hosed

Does that include you?

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1/13/2012

No Liberty

Simon Black on another consequence of economic decline.

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1/11/2012

Is There Less-Bad Currency To Hold Right Now?

Yes, says Simom Black.

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1/7/2012

8 Simple Truths

You need to know about 2012.

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1/4/2012

Bernanke Is a Domestic Terrorist

According to US Justice Department logic, says Simon Black.

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12/29/2011

How To Avoid Living in a Police State

Simon Black on freedom.

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12/27/2011

6 Reasons Your Bank Is Not Safe

Simon Black on what to do about it.

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12/22/2011

It All Started After His Assets Were Seized

Simon Black on the Mark Nestmann story.

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12/8/2011

A Very Sneaky Form of Theft

Simon Black on more governmental bleeding of investors.

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12/6/2011

Where Are the World’s Most Profitable Banks?

Pakistan, of course.

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12/1/2011

Your Monies and Positions Are Not Safe

Simon Black on the truth-telling broker in commodities futures who closed her business.

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11/21/2011

Can You See the Financial Gorilla in the Room?

Few people can, says Simon Black.

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11/18/2011

Imminent Threat

The government increases its offensive capacity against Americans.

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11/17/2011

Should You Open an Off-Shore Bank Account?

Simon Black: 4 reasons to do it now.

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11/14/2011

The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Far more threatening to you than Hillary.

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11/9/2011

On the Ground in Fukushima, Japan

And what it teaches us about our own future.

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11/3/2011

For Young People Who Want Out

Simon Black has some advice from Tokyo.

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10/31/2011

International Diversification

It is not really optional, says Simon Black.

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10/28/2011

The New Capitalist Frontier

Simon Black on the vast business and investment opportunities in Mongolia.

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10/27/2011

Will It Steal Your Gold?

Simon Black on bankrupt government.

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10/12/2011

Steve Jobs Was a Great Philanthropist

That is, he benefited mankind in the best way possible: through the market.

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10/7/2011

Look What I Got for 3 Hours, 6 Security Checkpoints, and $82…

Simon Black on visiting the US consulate in Cape Town.

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9/28/2011

We All Need One

A 2nd passport, says Simon Black.

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9/10/2011

This Is Why We Internationalize

This is why we have a plan, says Simon Black.

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9/6/2011

US Government Asset Seizures on the Rise

Is there any defense?

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8/25/2011

Modern Democracy

It's for idiots, says Simon Black.

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8/19/2011

In the Crisis, I’m Betting on Certain People

Who will kick rear ends and take names, says Simon Black.

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8/18/2011

What Are You Teaching Your Kids?

Simon Black on the real lessons of finance vs. the lies told to school children.

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8/11/2011

What’s the Power Elite Planning Behind the Scenes?

Is it world Weimar?

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8/9/2011

A Lesson From the Dying Post Office

About your retirement.

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7/29/2011

Buying Gold at Its All-Time High

Should you do it?

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7/28/2011

Bought Any Gold Yet?

Look at the European present and the American future, says Simon Black.

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7/22/2011

Building an Army of Thought Police

Simon Black on the totalitarian DHS.

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7/21/2011

What Democracy Really Means, From Greece to the US of A

Banksters and their wholly owned pols lording it over the rest of us.

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7/15/2011

Scary Times Ahead

Central banking is decivilizing the West, says Simon Black.

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7/14/2011

Trapped

Has the US government built a virtual Berlin Wall around the land of the free?

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7/13/2011

Boiling Frog Alert

Congress wants automatic payroll deductions to lower the debt they ran up, says Simon Black.

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7/9/2011

Where Taxes Are So Low…

Some people might actually pay them.

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7/6/2011

The Government’s Playbook

Get your hands on it, says Simon Black.

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7/5/2011

Foreign Account?

You must file by June 30, says Simon Black. But there is a loophole.

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6/29/2011

There’s Money To Be Made in Bad Economic Times

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6/25/2011

Government Killers Lose Heart

Simon Black on a silver lining to the US financial disaster.

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6/23/2011

‘Stay and Fight’

Is that even realistic?

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6/18/2011

To Survive the Chaos

Ask: do you have more confidence in yourself or the government?

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6/17/2011

The Social Implications

Of an economic collapse.

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6/15/2011

Is It Fixable?

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6/14/2011

The Debt Problem

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6/10/2011

Debt Is Slavery

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5/26/2011

This, Too, Shall Pass

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5/19/2011

US Government Seizes Pensions, Invades Pakistan

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5/18/2011

It’s Illegal To Resist Jackbooted Government Thugs

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5/17/2011

The US Government Will Seize Your Retirement Account

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5/12/2011

Can I Stop Taking My Shoes Off?

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5/4/2011

Jim Rogers Is Right

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4/29/2011

Bolivian Central Planning

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4/26/2011

The Worst Advice I’ve Seen in Years

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4/19/2011

Become a Multi-Millionaire

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4/15/2011

More ‘Pre-Crime’ Enforcement

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4/14/2011

Obamaism in a Nutshell

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4/9/2011

Monty Python and the World Economy

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3/25/2011

Illegal, Immoral Acts, Made Just

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3/23/2011

The Crime of Making Better Money Than the Government

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3/22/2011

Piercing the Corrupt Veil of Bureaucratic Chicanery

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3/18/2011

5 Countries With the Lowest Risk of Disaster

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3/17/2011

Time’s Almost Up

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3/16/2011

Third-World Countries

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3/11/2011

The US War on Certain Plants

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3/9/2011

Breaking Free

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3/5/2011

The Ultimate Self-Reliance Manual

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3/4/2011

The Dollar Is Finished

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3/1/2011

Predator States

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2/24/2011

What Really Happened in Panama

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2/23/2011

Panama Obeys the US Empire

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2/17/2011

The March Towards Capital Controls

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2/11/2011

New Government SOP

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2/1/2011

A Government Agent on Every Corner

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1/27/2011

The Canary in the Coal Mine

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1/19/2011

Countries That Can Weather the Age of Turmoil

Here's the list, just in case.

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1/15/2011

‘Protecting the Homeland’

It's destroying the economy, says Simon Black.

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1/14/2011

Look Overseas

Simon Black on one way to cope with American authoritarianism.

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1/12/2011

On the Shooter

Was he an "anti-government subversive"?

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1/11/2011

Apparently, There Was an Earthquake…

Simon Black on living in Chile.

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1/8/2011

So Long Dollar, Hello Renminbi

Simon Black on the new world currency.

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1/7/2011

The Tip of the State Spear

Avoid it, or blunt it.

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1/5/2011

That Grass

Sometimes it actually is greener, says Simon Black.

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12/30/2010

Multiple Flags and Foreign Residence

Simon Black on where he went and what he learned this year.

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12/29/2010

Help Them Take the Red Pill

Simon Black on helping your family and friends understand.

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12/21/2010

Under 30?

Here's how to survive.

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12/17/2010

Where To Move?

Watch what happened to 200 countries in 200 years, in a must-see four-minute video.

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12/15/2010

Peak Empire

In ancient Rome and modern America.

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12/14/2010

If You Want To Escape America

Should you move to New Zealand?

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12/9/2010

Lessons From the Fall of Rome

For would-be expats.

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12/8/2010

Health, Taxes, and Citizenship

And expatriation. Q&A with Simon Black.

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7/31/2010

Sit Down and Shut Up

Simon Black on the elite’s prescription for the rest of us.

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7/24/2010

3 Great Locations for Outsourcing Your Work

Simon Black on getting loyal, articulate, and punctual workers.

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7/23/2010

The Expat Widow

Simon Black on living happily in Malta.

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7/16/2010

Questions: All About Second Passports

Simon Black: Archives Past articles by Simon Black on LewRockwell.com There's a total and dangerous disconnect, says Simon Black. It's Ramping Up The government plan to steal even more of your money. Brainwashing Starts With This Two-Letter Word How often do you use it? Uncle Spy Admits It Monitoring you for these 377 words. Have Any Faith in Government To Do the Right Thing? If so, you must be living on the Planet Zucchini. In Case You Really Have To Flee the Authorities Simon Black on the greatness of Brazil. The Rise of the Tax-Collector State Now the greedy feds are copying ancient Rome, says Simon Black. Go East, Young Man Simon Black on the rise of Asia. Thinking of Expatriating? Move to a small country, says Simon Black. The smaller the better. 5 Things You Need To Know Before filing your serf-taxes this time. A Disease Masquerading as Its Own Cure Simon Black reveals the real nature of government. A Dollar Mutiny Has Broken Out In the global currency wars. Desperate Predator Th

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7/15/2010

The Most Expensive City in the World…

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7/14/2010